Robert Crumb‘s cover for “The Last Supplement to the Whole Earth Catalog,” from Jeremy Barker’s collection of 100+ pop culture adaptations of Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper. (more @ “Popped Culture,”; via Wired) [Click image for a larger version of the R. Crumb cover.]
Archive for April 11th, 2009
101 Last Suppers: Pop Culture Adaptations of da Vinci’s “The Last Supper”
Posted in Art & Artists, Popular Culture, Religion on April 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Guitar Money: Roy Rogers’ Guitar Sells for $554,500
Posted in American West, Antiques & Folk Art, Collectors & Collecting, Popular Culture, Popular Music on April 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“An anonymous bidder acquired the ‘King of Cowboys’ Roy Rogers‘ OM-45 Deluxe Martin guitar at Christie’s on April 3. One of the rarest and considered among many collectors the most coveted Martin guitar, the 1930 instrument was put up for auction by the Roy Rogers-Dale Evans Museum in Branson, Mo., and attracted a winning bid [...]
States of Mind: The U.S. Geography of Personality
Posted in American West, Health & Medicine, Human Behavior, New England on April 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
[Living part-time in Brooklyn, New York and part-time in Northampton, a college town in western Massachusetts, I am unsurprised by the findings that the northeastern states are among the most neurotic, as well as among the most open, "openness" reflected by "curiosity, intellect, and creativity at the individual level."] From “The Geography of Personality”: Neuroticism [...]
